Western remains undefeated in LEC with sweep at Eastern Connecticut

WILLIMANTIC, CT (Oct. 2) —
Nina Wojtkiewicz (Griswold, CT) and Paxton Thornton (Sharon, CT) combined for 17 kills to lead the Western Connecticut State University women’s volleyball team to a sweep of Eastern Connecticut State University Tuesday evening at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium. Game scores were 25-17, 25-20, 25-20.

With the win, Western (11-8, 3-0 LEC) moves into a three-way tie for first place in conference with defending champion Massachusetts Boston and Keene State College. All three teams are 3-0. Eastern (7-10, 0-3 LEC) has dropped five of its last six to Western, the victory coming in the first round of last year’s conference tournament.

Western , which has won three straight and eight of its last 11, never trailed in the first set, usinig a run of five straight points to move out to a 14-8 lead. Thronton and Melanie Lombardi both had kills in that stretch and Caitlin Van Camp (Redding, CT) a block. Eastern led briefly in the second set but never by more than two points before the Colonials took the lead for good with five straight poinits that gave them a 14-10 advantage.There were 11 ties in the third set before the visitors broke the final one with a pair of points that gave them an 18-16 lead.